Wind, Sand and Stars (Harvest Book): A Poetic Story of Flight, Adventure, and the Beauty of the Natural World - Softcover

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156027496 ISBN 13: 9780156027496

Verlag: Harcourt, 2002

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Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantière.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), born in Lyons, France, is one of the world’s best loved and widest read writers. His timeless fable, The Little Prince, has sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into nearly every language. His pilot’s memoir, Wind, Sand and Stars, won the National Book Award and was named the #1 adventure book of all time by Outside magazine and was ranked #3 on National Geographic Adventure’s list of all-time-best exploration books. His other books include Night Flight; Southern Mail; and Airman's Odyssey. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. 

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• Verlag: Harcourt
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0156027496
• ISBN 13: 9780156027496
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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